ERDEM x H&M: The Secret Life of Flowers

This skirt film tells the story of two young men entering a mysterious mansion of flowers.

The mansion is beautifully decorated, and of course the people are beautiful too. A surprising amount of story is pushed into just four minutes, which makes the short film even more captivating.

I'm rather a big fan of both Baz Luhrmann and Years & Years so was pretty well predisposed to this from the outset.... It was made to support the launch of Canadian designer Erdem Moralioglu's season of floral pattern designs in 2017 and looks great. The premiss is that two young men arrive at a partially ruined English country house owned by the enigmatic Dame Harriet Walter and once there the younger, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin is enchanted not only by the glamour and beauty of his hostess, but also of the girls and boys - including his friend Tom Rhys Harries - that she has invited to dinner. The "Hypnotise" soundtrack from the delightful falsetto tones of Olly Alexander adds an almost magical quality to this Aladdin's cave of temptation and sexual ambiguity... Not sure it actually made me want to buy a floral shirt, though....